Skelos: No Decision On Same-Sex Marriage

Senate Republicans held an hour-long closed-door conference this morning, but emerged without an public pronouncement on whether they’ll vote on same-sex marriage legislation.

After the conference, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos went down to the governor’s office and met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying afterward that talks continue.

“The governor and I talked about outstanding issues and really they haven’t changed in terms of gay marriage, rent regulations,” Skelos said. “There’s a sense of disappointment in terms of what happened on the floor where the Democrats let the rent regulations to expire.”

Senate Democrats last night, along with some Senate Republicans, blocked a temporary extension of rent laws, saying that they want the laws to be expanded, not just extended.